1st Shift Production Leader: Scheduling & Team Development

Energy Jobline ZR; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Labor Solutions, LLC is seeking a hands-on Production Supervisor to lead day-to-day assembly operations and manage scheduling, labor allocation, and workflow across multiple lines in Chicago, IL. The role requires a people-focused leader who can motivate and develop employees and address performance and attendance as needed.

The ideal candidate will supervise a small team, develop schedules, and coordinate with Sales, Customer Service, Purchasing, and Shipping to keep orders moving while

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production, manufacturing, or assembly leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience with production scheduling and labor planning.
• Strong hands-on leadership skills with the ability to coach, motivate, develop, and hold employees accountable.
• Experience managing changing production priorities and resolving day-to-day floor issues.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes, assembly operations, and production workflows.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and provide hands-on leadership to a team of fewer than 20 production and assembly employees.
• Develop and execute daily and weekly production schedules across multiple assembly lines.
• Allocate employees and resources based on priorities, capacity, run rates, and material availability.
• Adjust production schedules in real time due to changing priorities, labor shortages, quality concerns, or material constraints.
• Identify orders at risk of missing scheduled ship dates and communicate issues early.
• Work closely with Sales, Customer Service, Purchasing, Material Handling, and Shipping to keep orders moving.
• Coach, motivate, train, and develop production employees.
• Address employee performance and conduct issues and administer corrective action when appropriate.
• Monitor productivity, efficiency, run rates, downtime, labor hours, rework, and production bottlenecks.
• Manage Material Handling activities, including cycle counts, inventory accuracy, and annual physical inventory.
• Coordinate Shipping activities to ensure completed orders are scheduled and picked up according to the production plan.
• Maintain a safe, clean, organized, and quality-focused manufacturing environment.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, quality, workflow, and overall throughput.

Skills

Production scheduling

Labor planning

Hands-on leadership

Employee development

Problem solving

Tools

MRP/ERP systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Labor Solutions, LLC is seeking a hands-on Production Supervisor to lead day-to-day assembly operations and manage scheduling, labor allocation, and workflow across multiple lines in Chicago, IL. The role requires a people-focused leader who can motivate and develop employees and address performance and attendance as needed.

The ideal candidate will supervise a small team, develop schedules, and coordinate with Sales, Customer Service, Purchasing, and Shipping to keep orders moving while